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The "River Torrens Committee" was formed in 1964 to advise the minister of works on preserving and enhancing the river's natural beauty, and developing it for recreational uses. The "River Torrens Acquisition Act 1970–72" was passed, authorising the purchase of land, in some cases 60 metres (200 ft) back from the top of the river's banks. [50]
The Torrens Linear Park is a linear park that runs along the River Torrens in South Australia, spanning from the edge of Adelaide Hills in Athelstone to the coast in West Beach. [1] Upon completion in 1997, it was the first linear park of its kind in Australia, and also the largest hills-to-coast park.
The area was subject to flooding by the River Torrens, which originally ran into an area named "The Reedbeds" in the upper reaches of the Port River. In the 1930s the Torrens Channel, also named Breakout Creek, was cut through the coastal dunes to Gulf St Vincent, to drain the wetlands and eliminate the flooding. A large part of Lockleys is ...
Popeye I on the River Torrens, 27 September 2015. The original Popeye, a 25-foot (7.6 m) boat holding up to 20 passengers, was built for Gordon Stanley Watts, a Gallipoli veteran, by Harold Lounder in 1935 in one of several workshops which were then dotted along the banks of Torrens Lake.
Lake Torrens, a salt lake north of Adelaide; River Torrens, which runs through the heart of Adelaide; City of West Torrens, a local government area in Adelaide; Torrens Building, a heritage-listed government office building in the Adelaide city centre; Torrens Island, places associated with Torrens Island northwest of the Adelaide city centre
River Torrens at Vale Park, c.1970s. The part of the River Torrens between Ascot Bridge and the end of Fife Street was originally marshland caused by a sharp meander; to preserve the continuity of the government-owned reserve beside the river, later the site of the Adelaide O-Bahn and Torrens Linear Park, the river was artificially diverted in 1968–1969, and now forms a straight line between ...
Adelaide is a planned city, and the Adelaide Park Lands are an integral part of Colonel William Light's 1837 plan. [11] [3] Light chose a site spanning the River Torrens (known as Yatala by the Kaurna people [12]), and planned the city to fit the topography of the landscape, "on rising ground".
The development area is bounded by Valetta Road to the north, Findon Road to the east, the River Torrens and Linear Park to the south, and a number of residential cul-de-sacs to the west. Approximately 400 homes will form the development, offering predominantly detached two-storey homes and apartments.